The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-11-19
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.
spoially Compiled for the TOilersby an Ad-
vnoatn Man

vocato Man
The Lehlgh VALLEY crew AZ Allentown
haye been suspended.
Girls employed in the Nazareth Knit
ing Mill earn from s15 to SIS per month.
For the week ending on the 18th inst,
there were g9, ,405 tons of coal shipped over
the i. & $. R.R.,a total to date of 42S,229
tons, showing an decrease as compared with
same date last year of 1892 tons.
The working hours of the men employed
in the Lehigh Stove Foundry, this borough,
have been curtailed from ten to nine hours.
Several laboring men we're also discharged
last week.
Labor is in great demand through the
Southwest, and in less than a month an
outflow win set in from The fai North
where outside operations will be terminated
by cold weather from the Southwest.
For tRe week ending Nov. 9th, there
we're 1903, 1868 tons of coal shipped over the
Lehigh Valley railroad, making total to
date OF 6,2S9, 200 tons, and showing an in
crease of 49,057 tons compared with same
date last year.
The striking miners in the Lehigh coal
region still hold firm and are fully confident
that eventually their demands will be ac-
ceeded to 10y The coal operators. On the
other hand the operators feel certain that
the men must give in ere long.
The stove manufacturers are greatly
worried over the oYersold condition of the
stove market. There are certain localities,
however, that are still doing little busi-
ness. Throughout the West stove molding
and selling has been for the present over
done.
kansas has the lead this year in lail-
road building, having built 1901 miles.
Texas follows with S34 miles; Pennsylvania
comes hobblng along with los miles, and
New Jersey reports 3 miles. But these
figures do not represent side-track improve
ments. In six State Terr itories not
single mile of new track was laid. During
the past year 1000 miles of track were laid
in India.
Railroad building throughout the
Southwest wears booming aspect. A
road has just been completed from Kansas
City to Birmingham. Competitor on two
or three of the transcontinental lines is be-
coming very severe, and some of the curves
are being straightened out. One road in
particular intends to shorten the road to
the Pacific coast 100 miles. Last week
work began on a new road from New
Orleans to Fort Scott, to be 650 miles
long
The following notice has been sent 10
all foremen on the Lehigh Valley Railroad
by Superintendent Goodwin. The tenor
of it shows the consideration the road gives
to its employees; "All persons employed or
engaged upon the roadway and tracks of
the Lehigh Malley Railroad Company are
requested to be particularly careful to avoid
danger to themselves from passing trans.
In getting out of the way of an approaching
train they should step clear of both tracks,
and on the second track. After the pass
age of any train, before resuming work up
on the track oyer which the train passed,
or in dangerous nearness to it, they must
satisfy themselves that no train or part of a
is approaching in either direction. They
are particularly cautioned to protect Them
selves with special care while on bridges
and in tunnels Or narrow places"
The following paragraph taken from
an exchange is not unnteresting in its dis
cussion of the strike question: "Must we
not also pity the childishness and pig-head-
edness of capitalists who, without good rea-
son TO justify it allow preventible strikes,
and thus bring Interruptions in the conduct
of business and paralyze every interest?
How well we remember the avoidable and
unwarranted strikes in years agone, when
men were roughly abused for participating
in them. Now capalists have assumed the
position occupied by their men in those
years. The working men are now the steady
safe, conservative element of the country.
No longer can they be regarded as hot
heads or be accused of acting rashly for the
facts in the case will not bear out the charge
Recognizing the general injurious effects Of
strikes and how they cripple every inter
in community, it is now the policy of or.
ganlzed working men to avoid strfAes, i
possible, ard 10 TINS and invite arbitration
of their grievances. But capitalists il
these latter days haye become the extrem
lists Manifest as the wrong of their cours,
may be, and without a shadow of excuse t.
sustain 1t, yet in their estimation they mus
be allowed to do as they will. They mus
be allowed to gain every vantage point
even if it trenches on the rights of others
and whatever they order must be the law
Whatever they do, the toilers, like gooc
obedient little boys, must submit to it, ant
the public thereby suffer fol their inexcus
able stupidity. Ii matters not how just tn
claim of labor; how fair the proposition
{ capital rejects it, considering that it shoul,
= not be disturbed by by request or demand
but pay what pittance It chooses"
OH ial County Vote